Measuring the Expo extension

2010-02-21T05:00:00+00:00

USA: Amberg Technologies has introduced its GRP track measurement trolley in the USA, where contractor Balfour Beatty Rail Inc is using it during tracklaying on Phase 1 of the Expo light rail line in Los Angeles.

The trolley can be used for a range of alignment tasks, including as-built acceptance surveys, real-time clearance analysis and 3D laser scanning.

Bombardier Transportation has appointed Huber+Suhner as preferred supplier of rolling stock power, control and communication cables under a new five-year agreement which will extend the companies’ collaboration to more than 25 years. The BEML board has approved the signing ...

CZECH REPUBLIC: Full operation across the Negrelli viaduct in Praha resumed on June 1, following the completion of a three-year project to refurbish the capital’s oldest railway bridge across the Vltava River.

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